Archive for January, 2009

Join the Bay Area Deaf Community as they gather to share information, education and celebration of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Transcript below. Transcript: Holding Barack Obama coffee cup: “Wow! That’s our 44th President! I am thrilled! Wow! I came to DCARA today at the Deaf Community Center to join together with the Deaf […]

In a cohesive effort to encourage the deaf community put aside differences, and work together towards greater unity, Deaf Pundit and Mishka Zena have suggested we each list our personal accomplishments and contributions that we have made to the deaf community. They begin by having us ask ourselves: “…not what your Deaf Community can do […]

An ASL message about releasing victim mentality and feeling sorry for ourselves. Transcript: Hello. We all have those days when it seems more bad things happen than good things, right? It feels like life just isn’t fair. Maybe we get stuck in traffic and it makes us late for an important meeting. Then when we’re […]

The title of my blog comes from the opening verse of St. Benedict’s prologue, which tells us to ‘listen carefully and attend with the ear of our hearts.’ St. Benedict was a saint who urged us to listen within the depths of our soul, keeping ourselves attentive to wisdom that comes from the voice within, and inclining our hearts toward deeper understanding.
My blog title is not about “ears” or “hearing” or being able to “hear clearly,” the way hearing people can hear sound. It is about listening with PURE LOVING ATTENTION to what people are really communicating. This is what it means to me to listen and blog with ‘the ear of my heart.’